Catherine Keener

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Acting

Catherine Ann Keener (born March 26, 1959) is an American actress. Considered one of the independent film industry's most reliable performers, Keener is known for portraying disgruntled and melancholic yet sympathetic women in independent films, as well as supporting roles in studio films. She has been twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Being John Malkovich (1999) and for her portrayal of author Harper Lee in Capote (2005). Keener also appeared in the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Into the Wild (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008), and Get Out (2017), which were all well received by critics. Keener is the muse of director Nicole Holofcener, having appeared in each of Holofcener's first five films. She also appeared in each of director Tom DiCillo's first four films, and three films directed by Spike Jonze. From 2018 to 2020, she starred in the Showtime dramedy series Kidding.

Filmography

• Love of Your Life (2026)
• Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
• Polar Bear (2022)
• The Adam Project (2022)
• No Future (2021)
• Dear Diary: World's First Pranks (2021)
• The Croods: A New Age (2020)
• Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding (2018)
• Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
• Incredibles 2 (2018)
• Little Pink House (2018)
• Nostalgia (2018)
• November Criminals (2017)
• We Don't Belong Here (2017)
• Get Out (2017)
• Unless (2016)
• Elephant Song (2015)
• Accidental Love (2015)
• Begin Again (2014)
• Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 (2014)
• War Story (2014)
• Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
• Captain Phillips (2013)
• Enough Said (2013)
• The Croods (2013)
• Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home (2012)
• A Late Quartet (2012)
• Maladies (2012)
• All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set (2012)
• Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)
• The Oranges (2011)
• Trust (2010)
• Cyrus (2010)
• Please Give (2010)
• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
• Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
• Collaborators (2009)
• Tell them anything you want: A portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009)
• The Soloist (2009)
• Genova (2009)
• Synecdoche, New York (2008)
• What Just Happened (2008)
• Hamlet 2 (2008)
• Into the Wild (2007)
• An American Crime (2007)
• God Grew Tired of Us (2006)
• Friends with Money (2006)
• Making Capote: Concept to Script (2006)
• Capote (2005)
• The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
• The Interpreter (2005)
• The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
• Adaptation. (2002)
• Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes (2002)
• Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary (2002)
• S1m0ne (2002)
• Full Frontal (2002)
• Lovely & Amazing (2002)
• Death to Smoochy (2002)
• Being John Malkovich (1999)
• Simpatico (1999)
• 8MM (1999)
• Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
• Out of Sight (1998)
• The Real Blonde (1998)
• If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
• Box of Moonlight (1996)
• Walking and Talking (1996)
• Boys (1996)
• The Destiny of Marty Fine (1996)
• Heroine of Hell (1996)
• Living in Oblivion (1995)
• Journeys North (1994)
• The Cemetery Club (1993)
• The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
• Johnny Suede (1991)
• Switch (1991)
• Catchfire (1990)
• Survival Quest (1989)
• The Abduction of Allison Tate (1986)
• About Last Night... (1986)
• How and Why